In a number of strong union towns, especially in the West, operators did organize in the first decade of the twentieth century, but they were rarely able to sustain organization against the invariably concerted managerial opposition.

At Harvard University, for example, the Harvard Union of Clerical & Technical Employees, which spent 15 years fighting to organize, has now seen its members' average salary grow by $7,000 in the last six years.

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